Abstract
Japan's relations with Asia continue to be colored by memories of war; the term "pan-Asia'' indelibly inscribed with Japan's transgressions against its neighbors. This chapter returns to an earlier time, the 1920s and early 1930s, a time when Japan, as the first Asian nation to hold a permanent seat in the League of Nations, played a significant role in international governance and the maintenance of world peace, when Japan's empire facilitated intra-Asian intellectual exchange, and when many Asians looked to Japan for leadership.
Translated title of the contribution | The young East : negotiating Japan's place in the world through East Asian Buddhism |
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Original language | Japanese |
Title of host publication | Politics, Society and International Relations in the Asia Pacific Region: History and Prospects |
Editors | Yoneyuki Sugita |
Place of Publication | Japan |
Publisher | Akashi Shoten Publishing |
Pages | 73-83 |
Number of pages | 11 |
ISBN (Print) | 9784750347189 |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Keywords
- Buddhism
- history
- Japan